Problematic fit. Minor wrinkling at apex of cups on both sides and failure to fill bottom of cup on smaller side, while underwires seem just big enough to encapsulate root. Comfortable, with medium support.
Transverse seams and embroidery very visible under knit tops. Thin fabric may show nipple.
Pointy, very downward-pointing shape. Do not want!
Nude colorway
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Updated on Aug 03, 2015 Flag this
This bra was soooo wrong for my average projection and tall roots. It's cute, but definitely not for me. It's too shallow and it cuts in at the top. The band is also quite stretchy.
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Updated on Jul 13, 2015 Flag this
Although most of my bras are 28DD and 30D, with a couple of 30DDs thrown in, the Tango in 30E cuts into the top of my breast tissue and gives me lumps. As with every other Tango I've tried, including the plunge model, the cups pucker around my nipples. The wire length in the 30E is great for me for side support, however I cannot manipulate my tissue enough to fit it into the narrow cups. I love the fabric and colors of the Tango, so I try and try to wear it. Why doesn't Panache make their other styles with this supportive, durable fabric?
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Updated on Jun 28, 2015 Flag this
I know the Tango II gets a lot of hate, but I actually loved this bra when I was correctly fitted! When I was more FOB, I got a nice, uplifted shape. It wasn't the roundest shape in the world, but it wasn't overly pointy either, and I remember being so excited that my boobs actually looked perky for once. Now that I have more even fullness, I do get a little bit of flattening on the top and increased pointiness, but it's not a bra I'd be ashamed to be caught dead in. (And the degree of flattening on top is much less than ... what I get from, say, some of the Curvy Kate unlined cuts). A round shape is nice, but I've never been someone who really needs it to feel comfortable - I was perfectly okay with the Tango giving my boobs lift without shaping them too much. For some reason it gave me a completely different shape to the Tango II plunge I tried in the same size - I regretted buying the plunge because it didn't lift my boobs at all like the balconette did, it just pointed them straight at the ground.
The wire width is again something that isn't great for me now, but was really great at the start of my fitting journey when I had a lot of side tissue. I'd have to say the Tango II balconette cut is one of the most solid constructions I've tried - I actually used to go jogging in it before I bought a sports bra because I felt that little movement in it. I can't stress how much this was a life-changing experience for me - I used to literally have to hold my boobs with one arm while I was running to the bus in my illfitting 36E. I have to say that Panache makes a quality bra - from memory I used to wear this Tango pretty much constantly for about six months, and I haven't noticed appreciable stretching of the band since then. The measurements I have up are recent (June 2015) and the band still measures at a solid 32. It seems to be a pretty standard 32H, which is I think why every proper (read: not matrix) fitting room I've tried has used the Tango II for gauging a size.
I think the Tango II balconette's definitely worth a go for FOB people with some side tissue, especially if you need something that will really minimise jiggle. I did find that the leaf shapes showed up through thinner t-shirts, but this never really bothered me.
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Updated on Jun 28, 2015 Flag this
Why do I keep buying Tango II's when they don't fit exactly right? The Tango II would be the perfect bra for me if I could find a size that didn't give me a little "orange in a glass" in the tips of the cups. I have a Tango in a 28 band and the cups wrinkle, so I bought 30D, and the cups definitely cover better, but the band is too stretchy, and the cups still cut into my tissue. I don't feel like the 30D is nearly as supportive as the 28DD because of the difference in band size. I love unlined bras and they are few and far between in my size range. I love having Tango's happy colors to choose from, because wearing "nude" every day gets really boring. I'm usually too cheap to buy Panache's matching shorts, but I find decent color matches in other, cheaper brands. If I could just squeeze my boobs so they'd be a little thinner at the tips these cups would fit well.
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Updated on Jun 25, 2015 Flag this
I love the fabric and the support of this bra. I love the colors. I wish it was the best bra for me, ever, but I can't get it to fit me in any size I've tried. I can't seem to avoid "orange in a glass" with Tangos (even in a 30E!), which is a shame. If you have the breast shape for it, this is probably the best bra you'll ever wear. I can't figure out exacly what's wrong with it...something about the shape cuts into my tissue at the top of the cups, and leaves strange pointy creases at the tips of the cups. I would have thought my marshmallowey boobs could have conformed to the shape, but they just won't do it.
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Updated on Jun 25, 2015 Flag this
This probably the best fitting "pretty" bra I've ever owned. The fit seems ideal. I am EXTREMELY irritated, however, that the embroidery texture shows through on all relatively thin shirts (as in ALL of my spring and summer tops)!
Rose colorway
Updated on Jun 20, 2015 Flag this
For someone built similar, I would not recommend this style of bra. The wires are too wide. The cups are not projected enough making my breast tissue spread backwards and shoving the wires into my arms. The bottom of the cup is not full enough and my breasts tend to push the wires down so that they do not sit in the inframammary fold and therefore also causes breast tissue to spill out of the top. The gore does not tack and sits on breast tissue. The band does seem to fit me well.
Nude colorway
Updated on May 19, 2015 Flag this
Feels empty on top. Band is also fairly loose. Top of the gore pokes into my sternum, despite my efforts to bend it out - if I adjust the bra at all after I've put it on, it really starts to dig in.
Teal colorway
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Updated on Apr 27, 2015 Flag this
I love this bra so much, I have two of them! The pattern is pretty, the colourways are pretty, and it fits so comfortably. My beige workhorse is beginning to get a little stretched out, so that one will probably be retired soon, and swiftly replaced. Great bra all around; I first started using Bratabase to find bras that fit like it.
Updated on Apr 20, 2015 Flag this
